minuets

Triple-time ballroom pieces

Minuets are stately ballroom dances in triple time, popular in 17th and 18th century European courts.

The dance features small, precise steps—the name comes from a word meaning small.

Minuet also refers to musical compositions written for this dance or in its characteristic rhythm: The orchestra played a minuet by Mozart.

dance

waltz

Dance in three-quarter time

ballroomVenue for formal dances
stepsSequential actions in process
partnerOne who shares activity

glide · tempo · elegant · courtly · graceful · formal · bow · curtsy · figure · promenade

music

Mozart

Eighteenth-century Austrian composer

BachGerman composer surname
symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
movementChange in position

classical · baroque · composition · trio · orchestra · harpsichord · chamber · sonata · suite · andante

historical

18th-century

The seventeen hundreds

VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
powdered wigsFlour-dusted formal hairpieces

Louis XIV · court · nobility · salon · rococo · ancien régime · etiquette · soirée · fête · chandeliers

Categories

classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
worksmasterpieces, compositions, piece, pieces, work
piano piecesnocturne, etude, prelude, ballade, impromptu
Harpsichord Musicharpsichord, clavichord, spinet, virginals, Johann Sebastian Bach
piano studiesetudes, finger exercises, technical studies, arpeggios, drills
violinviolin, bowing, violin bow, strings, fingerboard

Opposites

tempo and energy

minuetstarantellas

Rapid whirling folk dances

jigs · reels · polkas · cancan · breakdancing

social formality and era

minuetsbreakdancing

Acrobatic hip-hop dance form

street dance · slam dancing · folk dances · barn dances · twerking

musical structure

minuetsmarches

Coordinated rhythmic walking

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G